stairs

[US]/stɛəz/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. siri ya mazao ya kuvimba kwa maelekeo ya moja kwa moja; siri ya mazao.
Word Forms
Pluralstairs

Phrases & Collocations

climb the stairs

kuvimba kwa mlima

take the stairs

kuchagua mlima

flight of stairs

ngazi

down stairs

kuzama mlima

Example Sentences

he took the stairs two at a time.

Alikua kwenye makasi mbili kila wakati.

He raced madly up the stairs.

Ameangalia mrefu kwa upana kwa makasi.

the stairs were carpeted in a lovely shade of red.

makasi yalikuwa na mafuta ya rangi nzuri ya mavi.

the stairs creaked as she went up them.

mipango yalengwa wakati alipita kwa juu.

she crept down the stairs to raid the larder.

alipita chini ya mstari kwa mshambulia mchumia.

In front of stairs the burier quite anxious.

Pasi ya makasi mwenyewe alikuwa mchana sana.

the stairs made him puff like grampus.

makasi yalitua mwenyewe kama mnyama wa mavi.

The stairs in the Five-Star hotel ascend in a graceful curve.

Ngazi katika hoteli ya nyota tano huongezeka kwa mkali mzuri.

The elderly woman climbs up the stairs with difficulty.

Mwanamke mrefu alikua na makasi na uchambuzi.

carpet the stairs; snow that carpeted the sidewalks.

mizani makasi; mafua ya mizani.

The old lady can mount the stairs only with difficulty.

Mwanamke mrefu haweza kuvua makasi kama mchambuzi.

Steep stairs may leave you giddy and faint.

Mipango ya mchana mazuri inaweza kusababisha kuchoma na kuchoma.

I charged down the stairs, unheedful of the missing bannister.

Nilienda kuzama kwa makasi, hujua kwa mshirika wa makasi uliofeli.

She stopped at the top of the stairs to get her breath back.

Alikuwa na makasi kwa mshirika wa makasi uliofeli.

The boy stumbled on the stairs but was able to keep his feet.

Mwana mwenye makasi alikosa kwenye makasi lakini alijua kusafiri kwa mizani.

Anyone who could climb all these stairs was sound enough in wind and limb.

Kwa wanyama wote wanaopita kwenye makasi wana mchambuzi na mizani.

He slipped on the stairs and put his ankle out.

Alikuwa na makasi na kuchukua mshirika wa makasi uliofeli.

Real-world Examples

Passepartout continually ascended and descended the stairs.

Passepartout alikimbia na alichanganyika kwa makasi kwa mpya.

Source: Around the World in Eighty Days

While he ruminated a footstep descended the stairs.

Wakati alikimbilia, mchana mmoja alichanganyika kwa makasi.

Source: Returning Home

Her long silk dress rustled as she walked down the stairs.

Sukari yake ya mpya na mafupi alimwagilia wakati alikimbia kwa makasi.

Source: Liu Yi's breakthrough of 5000 English vocabulary words.

Visitors will also walk along side the survivor stairs.

Mvizuri wanaotumia makasi ya mshirika pia.

Source: CNN 10 Student English September 2018 Collection

Do you mind using the stairs over there?

Umetumia makasi hapa pengine?

Source: Four-Stage Listening Training Camp

I hope you're happy running up and down stairs!

Nakupenda kufika kwa mpya na kuchanganyika kwa makasi!

Source: Cambridge IELTS Listening Actual Test 11

I actually am gonna take the stairs.

Nakutumia makasi.

Source: Modern Family - Season 05

My husband comes home and calls up the stairs.

Mwanamke wangu anacheza nyumba na anacheza kwa makasi.

Source: New Horizons College English Third Edition Reading and Writing Course (Volume 1)

My hip is better. I can handle the stairs.

Moyo yangu ni bora. Naweza kutumia makasi.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 3

Hey! Why don't you guys try the stairs?

Hey! Kwa nini usitumia makasi?

Source: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

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